'''Brandy''' is a spirit produced by distilling [[wine]], the wine having first been produced by fermenting [[grape]]s.<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Brandy|"Brandy"]] on [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
'''Brandy''' is a spirit produced by distilling [[wine]], the wine having first been produced by fermenting [[grape]]s.<ref name="wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Brandy|"Brandy"]] on [[Wikipedia:Main page|Wikipedia]]</ref>
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Brandy is enjoyed in both both the [[Muggle]] and the [[Wizarding world]]: [[Vernon Dursley]] used to drink a large brandy to calm himself down,<ref name="PS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 2 (''The Vanishing Glass'')</ref> [[Marjorie Dursley]] seemed to quite enjoy having brandy after dinner,<ref name="PA2">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 2 (''Aunt Marge's Big Mistake'')</ref> [[Cornelius Fudge]] was offered a brandy at [[The Leaky Cauldron]] (though he chose a pot of tea instead),<ref name="PA3">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 3 (''The Knight Bus'')</ref> [[Albus Dumbledore]] once asked [[Rubeus Hagrid]] for a "''cup of tea. Or a large brandy''"<ref name="PA21">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 21 (''Hermione's Secret'')</ref> and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] asked [[Molly Weasley]] for a bottle of brandy "''fer medicinal purposes''" after the [[Battle overLittleWhinging]] (Hagrid went on to drink it straight down in one).<ref name="DH5">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Fallen Warrior'')</ref>
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Brandy is enjoyed in both both the [[Muggle]] and the [[Wizarding world]]: [[Vernon Dursley]] used to drink a large brandy to calm himself down,<ref name="PS2">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 2 (''The Vanishing Glass'')</ref> [[Marjorie Dursley]] seemed to quite enjoy having brandy after dinner,<ref name="PA2">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 2 (''Aunt Marge's Big Mistake'')</ref> [[Cornelius Fudge]] was offered a brandy at [[The Leaky Cauldron]] (though he chose a pot of tea instead),<ref name="PA3">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 3 (''The Knight Bus'')</ref> [[Albus Dumbledore]] once asked [[Rubeus Hagrid]] for a "''cup of tea. Or a large brandy''"<ref name="PA21">''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' - Chapter 21 (''Hermione's Secret'')</ref> and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] asked [[Molly Weasley]] for a bottle of brandy "''fer medicinal purposes''" after the [[Battle oftheSeven Potters]] (Hagrid went on to drink it straight down in one).<ref name="DH5">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 5 (''Fallen Warrior'')</ref>
One of the methods of raising a newborn [[dragon]] is feeding it a bucket of brandy mixed with [[chicken]] [[blood]] every half hour.<ref name="PS14">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 14 (''Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback'')</ref>
One of the methods of raising a newborn [[dragon]] is feeding it a bucket of brandy mixed with [[chicken]] [[blood]] every half hour.<ref name="PS14">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 14 (''Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback'')</ref>
"Well, I've bin doin' some readin'. Got this outta the library — Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit — it's a bit outta date, o' course, but it's all in here. Keep the [dragon] egg in the fire, 'cause their mothers breathe on I em, see, an' when it hatches, feed it on a bucket o' brandy mixed with chicken blood every half hour."
